Motor-cycle.



H. W. GEHR.

MOTOR CYCLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.21,1912. 1,053,377. Patented Feb. 18,1918.

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MOTOR CYCLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.21,191Z.

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MOTOR CYCLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.21,191Z.

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HENRY W. GEHB, F WADENA, HINNESQTA.

MOTOR-CYCLE.

Specification of Letters retest.

Application filed March 21, 14312. Serial H01 685,144.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. Germ, a citizen of the'United States, residin at \Vadena, in the county of Wadena, tate of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- MotprCycles; and I. do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, -and.exa'ct description of the invention, such as'will enable others skilled in. the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame'.

tance as the distance-apart. of the ground wheels. of other vehicles, a seat being mounted on the frame in such a manner as to brace the difi'erent'parts ,of the frame so that a maximum load may be carried with" minimum strain upon the frame and mo? torcycle.

r Withthe a... dbjects 'in Tv iew the ventionconsists in certain novel details of construction and combination of parts here inafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be made in the. minor details. of con-' struction within the scope of the'appended claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification :-Figure 1 is .a side elevation of a motorcycle equipped with an extension frame and seat constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is" a rear elevation of the device. Fig. 4-. is a plan view of the device with the seat re moved to expose the frame. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 55 Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 66 Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 7-7 Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 8-8 Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, a conventional motorcycle is shown having a frame including a front drop bar 10 upon which the motor 11 is :supported, a front fork 12 to. which the ;front wheel 13 is attached, a rear fork l4 iand a reach fork 15 which cooperate in mounting the rear ground wheel 16, both of these last named forks being connected by .a rear drop bar 1? to which the seat 18 is attached. These parts are of ordinary mo- ,torcycle construction and form no part of 1 the present invention.

The frame for supporting th e passenger which is equipped with a revoluble attached to the motorcycle frameat the and reach forks. Any preferred manner of securing the end of the axle to the motorresorted to in the present embodiment of. my invention comprising angle iron brackcured to the axle 19, and their other legs secured by. bolts to the meeting ofthe rear and reach forks. I

A substantially V-shaped' reach bar 22 connects the axle with the forward drop bar 10 of the motorcycle frame, the branches 23 of this bar being'terminally secured to the" axle near the ground wheels 16 and 20 and the shank 24 being bent and uniformly most clearly in Fig. 2 to engage the said drop bar. Any preferred means may be utilized in attaching the reach bar to the motorcycle drop bar, the present embodiment employing all-shaped strap 25 the bight of which straddles the forward drop bar above the engine, and the terminals of which are bolted to opposite sides of the reach bar. A supplementary reach bar 26 is connected to the reach bar 22 at the junc' ture of thebranches of the latter, and extends forwardly'in the horizontal plane of said branches, t-heforward end ,of the supplementary reach bar preferably'being fiattened and provided with openin s to receive the bolts 27 of the bracket 28 w ich secures the crankcase of the motor to the forward drop bar of the motorcycle. The means for attaching the supplementary reach bar to the Y-shaped or main reach bar, and for attaching the branches of the latter to the axle, is herein shown as bracing but any other suitable means may be employed with- Patented mamas.

cycle frame may be employed, the expedient curvedupwardly and inwardly as shown in the scope of this invention. An'inclined brace bar 29 1s braced or seat consists of a rear axle 19 one end of ground wheel 20, and the opposite end of w ich is meeting of adjacent branches of the rear ets 21 having legs bolted or otherwise seare drop bar and having its terminals bolted to'opposite sides of the brace bar to attain this end;

F1OII1--bli6f018"0iiig it is clear that the seat supporting frame is connected to the motorcycle" frame at four points, these points eing arranged in substantially paralel 'planesand furthermore it will be noted that the upwardly inclined shank of the main reach, and the brace bar, reinforce themotorcycle against collapsing inwardly upon the passenger seat during severe conditions of service, such as when traveling over rutty roads.

The passenger carrying seat 31 is formed with a downwardly and forwardly sloping under body 32, which terminates in a dash 33. The seat may be formed of suiiicient size to accommodate one or more passengers as desired. For securing the seat in position, a cross bar 34 is secured to the under sides of the reach branches near their meeting, and a second cross bar 35 is socured to the upper sides of the branches .intermediate their meeting and terminals, these bars being secured in osition through the instrumentality of U-bo ts or the like 36. A pair of rcarwardly and upwardly curving eaf springs 37 are-bolted or otherwise se cured at their forward ends to the cross bar 35, and are bolted or otherwise secured at their rear endsto the seat. The under body of the seat is pivotally secured to the cross bar 35} through the instrumentalit-y of interlocking eye bolts 38. The 5 rings are of suilicient stillness to cushion tie passenger seat against shocks when traveling over rough reads, while at the same time prevent vibration of the seat under normal conditions of service-I In order to rigidly secure together the shaft 19 and brace 29 upri ht brace bars 39 are preferably braced at theirterminals to these parts, these brace barswill prevent colla sing of the inclined brace bar upon 5 the siaft should one of the springs be accidentally broken and let the seat drop upon thefinclined brace bar.

What is claimed, is

1. The combination with a motorcycle frame including a front fork and front drop bar in its construction, and a front and a rear ground wheel carried by said frame, of an axle secured to said frame near said rear ground wheel, a substantially Y-shaped reach bar having its branches secured to said axle, and its shank secured to said drop bar near the juncture of the latter with said front fork, an inclined brace bar secured to said axle near the free end thereof, and secured to said frame near said rear ground wheel. a ground wheel carried on the free end of said axle, and a seat carried by said reach.

2. The combination with a motorcycle frame including in its construction a front fork and a front drop bar, and a front and a rear ground wheel carried by said frame. of a laterally disposed seat carrying frame comprising an axle secured to said motorcycle frame near said rear ground wheel, a

substantially Y-shaped reach bar having branches secured to said axle, and having an upwardly and inwardly directed shank secured to said drop bar near the juncture 'ofthe latter with said front fork, a supple mentary reach bar secured to the first named reach bar near the meeting of the branches thereof, and secured to said drop bar'below said shank, an inclined brace bar secured to said axle and to said motorcycle frame near said rear ground wheel. a ground wheel on the free end of said axle. and a seat carried by said Y-shaped I'Oillll bar.

In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY \V. GEl-l ll.

Witnesses:

W. G. Hasrmos, F. H. Genes.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G." 

